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The OltEGQN STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, SnnJaj Morning, July 18, 1937
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"No Favor Sway. Us; No Fear ShaU'Atce"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
Charles A. Spbagur
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. '
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Member of the Associated Press
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Dead at 38,
vEAD at 38 George Gershwin goes to join the company of
D distinguished composers; who have died young ,jaMhe
neak of their powers. Mendelssohn died at 39. Mozart,
Ms body racked with illness, agonizing to compose music Ut
Ws patron and to keep his family ia food, died at 35. Franz
SdiSbS? wS only 31 when Atropos severed his life-thread.
othe? respects the parallel does not hold. For Gershwin
lived in apSusTadorned with objete'art His income
w reputed to be $250,000 a year; and his estate was re
rted at $200,000. Bach, the founder of modern classical
SSfc, i Gershwin was the interpreter and crater of music
"more modern," managed to pay his bflls fromhis in
come as church organmaster, but that was about all. He was
r married twice, had twenty children, Gershwin never married
Mozart was buried in a pauper's grave. Franz Schubert was
so poor in Vienna that he had to subsist on coffee and a roD
for lack of money to buy a full meal. Many of his songs
' he'sold for 20 cents apiece, and his estate was appraised at
ten dollars at his death. , ,.
There! will be many who will lift eyebrows over mention-
' ine Gershwin's name in company with these makers of lm-
v-nortal harmonies. To them there abides no permanent art
even in the more serious work of the man who rose from tne
ghetto of New York, from music lessons at 50 cents apiece
taken on a second hand piano, from serving as song plugger
(playing new numbers for possible customers) at Remick s,
to become composer of popular songs, anopera, a concerto, a
rhapsdy, and to win fame and fortune. The durability of his
fame is a question. Some see in his work the foundation of a
new musical era; others regard it as a passing phase, the
expression of bizarre freedom with a somewhat pagan accent,
incapable of achieving the immortality of the great com
positions of the recognized masters.
This much is conceded: he did elevate jazz and synco
pated style into higher musical form. His biographer, Isaac
Goldberg, said of him: "He is a colossus, with one foot
planted in Carnegie hall, and the other in Tin Pan Alley."
That was true. There was plenty of Tin Pan Alley,, (descrip
tive of the shops where popular songs are marketed) in his
music. He began selling song hits, and much of his produc
tion was in lyrics for musical comedies. But he did not stop
with composition of this character. His opera "Porgy and
Bess," which drew on the negro life and music, was a Theatre
Guild production. He wrote a Concerto in F for the New
York Symphony society, which was performed in Carnegie
hall with Walter Damrosch conducting and the composer at
the piano. But the composition which labels him is the
"Rhapsody in Blue," first performed by Paul Whiteman's
orchestra in 1924. Here was a successful attempt to capture
the mood and rhythm of jazz music and clothe them in con
cert hall dress. The patterns were unconventional, but the
public responded appreciatively and the adherents of ortho
idoxy in music "unlaced a bit, admitting the Rhapsody had
: merit as music The critics were far more liberal than they
;had been with Wagner's breach with tradition. Thereafter
George Gershwin became a name and a figure in musical
-America, j - ' - " '. ' ' " -
t a av J i.av vuxuva ja ut v
iwhere he had completed five
new picture, "Goldwyn's Follies." Death in Hollywood was
ia rather appropriate ending for one whose life had glamorous
success, and whose work was most of it set to the key of
means of opening the gate to glory.
Y, Brigandage on the Loose
V?VEN the method of getting into war has been changed,
Jjj JThere used to be some formalities. Sundering of diplo
- matic negotiations was a first step. Mobilization of
troops was usually considered
came the formal declaration
monies get no respect at all.
mained at Addis Ababa all
declarations go there never was
pia; and according to the records they must still be at peace
with each other. I " j
" In Spain neither Italy nor Germany nor Russia declared
any war, although "their officers and men have been busy
shooting it out for months.
' So in China the. world will know Japan and China are
at war when the fighting starts, not when the diplomats are
recalled and the ultimatums succeeded by declaration that a
state of war exists. In fact the war has been continuing in
China ever since 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. The
Japanese preserved the polite mask of peaceful relations' the
While they were thrusting bayonets at the helpless Chinese:
Steadily they have penetrated into North China, with acts
ox aggression that if not acts of war are among self-respect
tag nations the prelude to war
The fact that these amenities are no linger observed is
proof of the lawless character of the tunes, of the general
breakdown; of orderly government both within and without
national boundaries. It is a time when brigandage flourishes,
done under, the labels of governments and under the emblems
of sovereignity. Brute force bestrides the world. Ahead yawn
new centuries of dark ages.
I ; Wind Tells the Weather
T77EATHER in this valley is simply a matter of wind di-
rection. Wind from the north or northwest'in summer
ri brings hot weather. Wind from the south or southwest
- brings cool weather. In the winter time wind from the north
or northeast is cold ; from the south, southeast or southwest
mild, bearing clouds and rains.
v One gets so he can tell a
tne air. n, alter a warm spell, the air feels fresh it means the
wind has shifted to the southwest, and is tempered with ocean
moisture. On the other hand, when there is a dryness to the
air it means a warm spell is on the way. Sultry weather
always is of short duration here, ending with cooL cloudy
weather. .-.,'.,- :Y. ! :YYYY'-.YY.r:: -A
barometer is of some value in giving advance informa
tion by revealing air pressure changes. But the weather test
is quite as reliable and nearly as quick. Watch the drift of
smoke from the paper mill (or the sulphur odor), or the flag
on the postoffice building; and you will be able to guess
pretty closely on the weather for the next 24 hours.
Symphony Under the Skies
PORTLAND is presenting in Multnomah stadium a series
of symphony concerts this summer. Guest conductors di-
rect an orchestra composed of Portland musicians, and
guest soloists appear; Monday night John Charles Thomas,
pphaps the world's greatest baritone, will sing. Vladimir
Golschman, conductor of St Louis symphony, will direct the
orchestra. - .
This series of Monday night concerts under summer
skies should not be regarded as local to Portland. They are
tor the pleasure of music lovers from all over the Oregon
country. Surely the setting in Multnomah stadium, cupped in
V:.2 Portland hills, is delightful for an evening of music
Editor and Publisher.
in Hollywood
aau vmiiuvu au . avaa j w vw
of a stoud of nine sonsrs for a
the irrevocable next step. Then
of war. Nowadays the cere
The-Italian ambassador re
through the fighting. So far as
one either by Italy or Ethio
weather change by the feel of
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
When old trails 7-18-37
were new or nil. and '
ingenuity were necessities:
Rough seas delayed sailing,
and it was the 19th of February
when the Lorlot reached Fort
Ross at Bodega bay, a Russian
possession, where horses and
guides were furnished to take
Slacnm to Yerba Buena (San
Francisco.)
On the 2 S th, with Edwards
and Young on board, the Loriot
sailed from Bodega to San Fran
cisco bay. and with Slacum they
went on to Monterey, to get the
consent of the Mexican governor
to drive cattle out ot California,
the other men from, Oregon bar
ing in the mean time secured
work-in a saw mill at Rod era
bay at good , wages, pending the 4
neea ror them in driving the
cattle. '
A V
Gen. Yallejo. Mexican military
governor, at Monterey, ruled that
he could not give the permit to
take out cattle; that it was the
prerogative of the clril govern
ment, at Santa Barbara. So
Young must go to Santa Bar
bara, from there to' Santa Cruz,
and back to Monterey. The con
sent was finally secured, condi
tioned upon the pay going to the
Mexican government (more like
ly into the pockets of" Mexican
officials), though the cattle be
longed to the Catholic missions.
The' cattle were furnished by
the Yerba Buena (San Francis
co) and the San Jose missions,
and days and weeks wore away
in getting - the . wild brutes col
lected, Edwards wrote ia July:
"The last month, what has it
been ! Little sleep, much fa
tigue, hardly time to eat. mos
quitoes, cattle breaking like so
many evil spirits, and scattered
to the four winds, men ill na
tured and.- quarrelling; another
month like the past. God avert!
Who can .describe it?"
S S
And yet he was only 0 miles
on his way. with 500 miles still
between him and the Lee mis
sion. August 20 the company
reached the mountains at the
head of the Sacramento valley,
following the trail of the Hud
son's Bay company's spring and
fall brigades the old California
trail.
Not on til September 12 was
the Rogue River valley gained.
(Edwards called it in his diary
Chasta valley.) In that valley,
in 1835, Gay, Turner and Bailey
had been attacked by Rogue In
dians and all but killed and
they now wanted revenge. With
out telling their leaders, Young
and Edwards, the three shot an
innocent Indian who had come
into camp, and shot at an Indian
boy accompanying him. The boy
escaped, by running.
S
Attempts at retaliation were
certain. Strict guard was neces
sary. The first night Edwards
rired on a party of five Indians
stealing through the woods, and
frightened them off. The next
day arrows were shot from-each
side of the road, several cattle
wounded, one- killed. Sept. 18,
passing between the banks of the
Rogue river, arrows were show
ered upon men an cattle from
both sides. Further on the In
dians were driven off, but 'Gay
was wounded and Young's horse
was shot with two arrows.
From that point forward.
though the road was stUl rough
and over toilsome mountains, the
condition of the cattle Improved,
with abundant grass and water,
and the journey ended at the
Lee mission the middle of Oc
tober. The only written story of
the expedition is an unpublished
diary of Edwards, in the Ban
croft library. Evidently, to him,
in retrospective, it was a pro
longed horror. He wrote:
".
"Short sighted man! Happy
that his knowledge is not pros
pective, else he would not ad
venture upon some of the most
ennobling enterprises. Few of
our party, perhaps none, would
have ventured on the enterprise
could they have foreseen all the
dlflculties. It boots little to re
flect that the future gains will
amply compensate for present
sufferings. Most of the party
cursed the day on which they
engaged, and would hardly have
exchanged a draught of cool wa
ter for their share of the prof
its."
' This feeling must have quickly
jrtren way to on of satisfaction,
tor the Increase soon made them
all comparatively rich. The num
ber ot cattle that came through
was 32, about 200 having been
lost on the way, by being stolen
or killed - by Indians, drowned,
etc., etc
The whole valley waa a virgin
pasture, and within a few years
the early settlers had literaUy
"cattle on a thousand hills."
their condition changed from one
ot dependence upon the Hudson's
Bay company to one ot independ
ence, comparatively.
The cost of the cattle In Cali
fornia was 13 a head. The' men
who subscribed money to the en
terprise wefe apportioned cattle
at the rate ot f 7.C7 a head; the
earnings of the men who went as
drivers at li t day "and found"
being paid in the same way; that
is, with cattle at the same price.
The Hudson's Bay company
had loaned cows to the settlers.
The company let them keep the
cows in return for California cat
tle, young er old. Thus set
tlers got cows worth $50 to 1200
each for 27.(7 a head, and those
of them who went for the cat
tle got theirs for their work.
Without P. L. Edwards, the
cattle enterprise would not have
bees ' successful. Neither, per
haps, weald it have been a suc
cess without Swing Young. It
wouia not have been undertaken1
without Young. Ha was the only
one well acquainted la Califor
nia, and familiar enough to know
the possibility of getting cattle
at aU from there.
As already Intimated, the cat
tle belonged to the old California
Catholic missions, and ther were
really stolen from them.
This was done perhaps with
excuses, but It would have
amounted to the same thing on
some other pretext- bare raced
theft.
1 Cooling Off :
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Interpreting the News
By MARK SULLIVAN 1
WASHINGTON, July 17 The
consequences of Senator Robin
son's i death will be Tery, very
far-reaching, and will last a long
time.; The fact that on Tuesday
afternoon the president's court
measure was lost and lost by an
action outside of Senator Rob
inson's responsibility, by an ac
tion in the other chamber of
congress, and that the following
morning Senator Robinson's
heart came to the end of its long
strainj "of defending the measure
that the tired heart did not
really believe in In that there
is human drama and 'public im
portance.
v VI
But let that wait: In time.
without doubt, much win be said
of it4 For the present let us
speak: of the man. It is consol
ing to be able to say of him
dead what I said of him living.
Almost exactly two years ago, on
July 25, 1935, I wrote about
Senator Robinson's position, ad
vocating and defending which, it
was generally assumed, he did
not believe in. I wrote:
"Let no one now assume too
hastily that Senator Robinson is
stultifying himself. He is in a
painful position in which he is
obliged to allocate his loyalty
between his conscience and his
daty las senate leader. Every
official leader in every congress,
from either party, is occasionally
faced I by this dilemma. Every
such person finds It necessary to
make i some compromise with his
convictions In order to live up
to his official duties . . . Therein
lies Senator Robinson's tragedy
'tragedy is the appropriate
word ! whenenver a fine, high-
minded man is compelled to de
cide between official obligation
and private conviction. If Mr,
Robinson did not have his offi
cial position, it he were merely
the senator from Arkansas and
free . to follow his personal con
victions, who can doubt that he
would be found standing with
such senators as Glass and Byrd
and Tydings and George. As
things are, acting as the repre
sentative of the president in the
senate, he finds himself fre
quently opposing a majority ot
the democrats and usuaUy op
posing the best of them and
among the best Is where Sena
tor Robinson belongs. He finds
himself opposing democratic tra
ditions and principles, and op
posing, I think, the best thought
of a majority of the country."
At ftha time that was writ
ten, in 1035, Senator Robinson
was approaching a contest for
reelection In his state. Of that
I wrote: .
"Gossip may Insinuate that
Senator Robinson follows the
course! he does because he needs
the president's help when he
comes up for Teelection next
year, i But those who know Sen
ator Robinson well believe that
rather than go counter to his
convictions tor the sake of per
sonal advantage he would infin
itely prefer to take himself to
a cabin along some stream In
the Oxarks, with a gun and a
fishing rod and count the world
well lost
What Senator Robinson did
commanded the unqualified re
spect ot those who most strongly
opposed him and most deeply
disapproved the measures lor
which he led the tight How ex
plain the paradox? Commonly
and properly, we esteem the man
who. In the conflict between loy
alty and conviction, chooses con
viction. Senator O'Mahoney of
Wyommg, faced by this conflict,
followed conviction and thereby
did the highest Und of public
service, for which he will be
long remembered.
The '. distinction is that Mr.
O'Mahoney Is just one senator,
while Senator Robinson was the
official senate leader. In Sena
tor Robinson's case. the. choice
waa not merely bet - een private
conviction and loyalty to the
president... The conflict. was be
tween two manifestations ot con
viction. On one side was his
private belief: On the other was
the obligation inherent in his of
ficial position as leader. To Sen
ator Robinson, fidelity to of
ficial obligation was itself a con
viction, and the highest one. To
live tfp .to his official obligation
was his conception of integrity.
Different men meet such di
lemmas in different ways. Vice
President Garner, coming to the
point where he could no longer
abide some of the president's
measures, sought escape by go
ing away from Washington. But
Mr. Garner -could do that. He
had . no official function- except
as parliamentary pressing offi
cer over the senate. He was
not called on to speak in be
half of the president's measures,
not to discuss them at all. Sen
ator Robinson could not leave
Washington. He had to stay In
his official function and bend
his back to the, task that finally
broke his heart.
Radio Programs
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9 :00 Horning meditation.
9:30 Concert mehxliei.
10:00 Radio church of God.
10:30 Symphonic ttoma.
11:80 American Lutheran church.
12 :00 Orcanalitiea.
12:30 Popular aaluta.
6:00 Kewa.
8:15 Gjrpay fortunes.
6:30 Heart Songs.
7 :00 News.
7:15 Symphonic melodies.
7:30 For Mother and Dad.
8:00 Calrary Baptist chnreh.
8:45 Eventide Echoea.
KODT ST7VDAY- 940 K.
8:00 Maj. Bowes Capitol theatrs fam
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-.00 Church of th air. ' ,
9:30 Dst Woodward, talk.
9:45 Dr. John FiUpatrick.
10 :00 Poetic string.
10:80 Bible drama. :
11:00 Everybody's ansie.
12:00 Spelling be.
. 1 : 00 Our American Keighbors.
1:10 014 chuck songs.
2 :00 CTucajoana. '
2:30 St. Louis serenade.
3 :00 Columbia workshop.
8:45 Romance of transportation.
4:00 Singing strings.
4:15 Marshall Grant.
4:30 Laff parade.
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:00 Lewiaobn, stadias concert.
7 :00 Ooaunanity sing.
7:80 Little show. 8 Eddie Stasley.
8:30 News. 8:45 Charlie Hams.
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10:15 Tempi Square.
10:45 Gray oreh 1
11:00 Door to tha Moon. ,
11:30-12 Garber orch.
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8:00 Hoar Glass.
8:80 Chicago Bound Table, speaker.
9 :00 Sunrise program,
9:80 Dreams ot Long Ago.
10:30 Thatcher Colt Mysteries.
11:00 Tommy. Luke. ;
11:30 Widow's Son, serial.
12:00 Opera. Eliair D'imore.
12:80 The World Is Tears, drsms.
1;00 Martin's moaic
1:30 Nick Harris, detective.
1:45 Paul Carson (ET). -
3:30 A Tale of Today. .
3:00 Posey Playlets- 3:15 News.
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8:00 Manhattan Merry-Go-Bound, yr.
5:80 Album of familial aausi.
6:00 Hornick orch. ;i "
8:30 Kenneth 8pener.
8:45 Harmonies High, Hats.
7 :00 Jingle program, varied,
7:15 Treasure Island, Tariod.
7:80 Summer shew, i
8:00 Song at Eventide.
8:30 One Man's Family, drams.
9 :0 Pawing parade. r
US Night Editor, drams.
9:39 Dolin orch. 10 Kewa.
10:15 Portrait of the Hesters.
19:80 Bridge to Dreamland.
llrtO Bal Tsbaris ere.
11:30 Beau Arts trie. , '
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T:15 New.' 7:30 Sermenette.
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9:00 The Pastor' Call.
9:15 Symphonic Gems.
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10:00 Orranalitie
IQ-M Neighbor Jim.
19:45 Coral Strands. 11 News. '
11:15 Stuff Things. "
11:45 Value parade. 13:15 New. .
12:30 Farmer Digest. '
U :45 Popular Sslute. ;
1:00 Dirk Jargea's etch.
1:90 Hillbilly serenade. '
8 :0 -Tango time. i i ! : (
3:15 Monitor news.
I Senator Ashurst of Arizona
was, in a minor way, in a po
sition analogous to Senator Rob
inson's. Mr. Ashurst was chair
man of the senate judiciary com
mittee. He was known to have
regarded the president's court
proposal, before it waa made, as
an idea "ridiculous and absurd."
But after the president made it,
Mr. Ashurst in his official ca
pacity sponsored it. He found
refuge In publicity and frankly
admitting the inconsistency, be
ing light-hearted about it, laugh
ing about it, going out of his
way to make humorous remarks
about it.
That, Senator .Robinson could
never do. He took things hard.
He kept his dilemma to himself.
To the strain of his situation
was added the strain of silence
about it. It was too much.
Joe Robinson was a man of
the highest character. One is
proud to have been fond of him.
and not to have let the fondness
be modified by the-deepest pos
sible disagreement with the
things his official function
obliged him to ; do.
(New York Herald-Tribune Syn
dicate.) 2:30 Hollywood brevities.
2 :45 Erickion sister.
3 :00 Salon melodies.
3:80 Rainbow trio.
3:45 Hit of yesteryear.
4:15 Tuning Around.
4:45 Spice of Life.
5:45 The Friendly Circle.
6:15 Stringed harmony.
6:25 Outdoor reporter.
6:80 Eventide Echoes. 6:45 Xew.
7:00 The Gaieties.
7:15 STATESMAN OI JHK AIR,
ports tslk by PsuT Hsuser.
7:80 Larry Leo's orch.
f : Men ot Vision.
8:00 Harmony hnlL
8:15 Todsy's tunes. 8:45 News.
8:00 Softbsll gsmes.
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9:55 SoftbaU games.
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Magruder.
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10:15 The Monitor view the new.
10:45 SVry hour for adults.
1:0 Facts, and affairs.
12:00 News.
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1:00 Symphonic hear.
i:Si' for " STirls.
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:I0 Farm hour.
7:45 News.
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8:30 Kleck. 8 Kews.
8:95 Sons ef Pioneers (ET).
8:15 Neighbor Jim.
" 8:30 Mellow moments.
! ? 5,My Bob, dram.
: Church hymn.
' -'0 Arnold Grim' Daughter.
9:45 Hollywood in person.
10:15 Aunt Jenny's stories.
10:30 Edwin C. HilL
11:00 Magazine ef th sir.
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12:80 Pisr dsys.
1:00 Clyde Barrie. sing.
1:15 Home institute.
J'!?Sew thro" woman's eyes.
1:50 News. 2:30 Newly weds.
2:45 Hsll orch.
8:00 Westers home hour.
8:45 Swingtet 4 Vsriety.
4:30 Jack and Paul.
4:45 Aeolian trie.-
6:00 King orch.
:S Tour Neck of the Woods.
7:00 Scsttergeod Baines.
if""?4 ! WMid Boak Carter.
7:30 Pick sad Pat, comedy.
8:00 Heidt orch.
8:30 Gas Edwards, varied.
9:30 Drews, ergsn.
9:45 Five Star Final, dram.
10:00 Serenade.
10:15 White Fires, drams,
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11:00 MeElroy orch.
11:30-12 Grny, ore a.
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T:0O Morning melodies (ET).
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Mary Merlin, drama.
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12:O0 Singin Sam (ET).
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1:45 Gloria Gale, serial.
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3 :15 Council ef churches.
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Sage of Salem
Speculates
By D. H.
NOXS42XSB
Why have faith in sneezeless
" breeses,' I - .V 'J-
While we still nave breezeless
sneezes? - . jv
' . Tell me that.
Breeses seem to carry sneezes,
Sneeses create certain breezes,
Hence. the spat.v
Bui the situation eases
If we: look on them ss wheezes,
' Tit for tit.
- "; i - 1 "
Breezes that the sneezer teases,
As they rustle through the
treeses, .
Or i hat.
From some man seises,. sill
breezes!
Sending soaring, on the beeses.
Or a bat.
Breezes, after 1L are. breezes.
And are not to blame for
sneezes,
Verbum sat.
This Is proved by sneezeless
breezes.
And as well by breezeless
sneezes,
i And that's flat. ,
"Hers were no publicity
stunts," says an eastern news
paper, i commenting i on Amelia
Earhart "They represented
woman's work and woman's glo
ry.". 1 1 rather like that. If Mrs.
Putnam died, and It seems posi
tive at this writing that she did
die, there is some comfort -in
the thought that death doubtless
c a m e to her in the way she
would have most desired.
"An overworked honker on the
car inevitably Indicates an In
competent driver . in i the car
Opinion of aSalem' auto mech
anic, j i' -
D. H. In your -"seem bigger
than they are" list you omitted
to mention the slight wrinkle in
a pillow slip. B. True for" you,
old chap. I have met that wrin
kle. A certain citizen of Salem is
said to. be a man of very defi
nite and prompt decisions. I
take it he is very unlike Seth
Mullet, whom I used to know on
the east coast. ' A column of
stereotype plate was accidentally
run upside down in the town
paper one week, and Seth did
not read it, because he was un
able to make up his mind wheth
er to turn the paper over or
stand on his head. He could
have done either, he said, this
being, thank goodness, a free
country, and . It is probable, he
would have made up his mind
presently had Mrs. Mullet not
told him that the column said a
number of things that -every hus
band should read for his own
good, which unhappy remark
caused Seth to decide not to be
able to make up his mind as to
wether to turn the paper over or
stand on his head. I reckon it
was Just as well, beca.use he- got
the sense of the article, with
trimmings, at the supper table
that night.
Memory pictures. Dr. T. De
Witt Talmadge coming up the
board walk to our Iowa home
through a Sunday afternoon
snowstorm in the early '80s. He
had lectured at the hall the
night previous. He was with us
all the afternoon and that night,
and he did a heap of mighty in
teresting talking but he did not
get much the better of mother.
. . . William Jennings Bryan end
Senator Joe Robinson in the al
ley between the Marion hotel
and the armory one afternoon
during a campaign in the (I
think) early 20s. I tagged 'em
in. keeping an eye on 'em.
Thought Mr. Bryan- was not
InnVlnr verr. well. . He wore a
an Senator Robinson wore an
ordinary Arkansas overcoat, and
T Inferred from senatorial eye
dartings, per haps mistakenly.
that he, did not thins: Mr. Bry
an's cape was looking very well
Hher . . . Arain Mr. Bryan,
this time at I: SO of a summer
morning, sitting on the edge of
the Main street walk in an up
valley village, waiting, for a
mechanic to do something, to the
4:45 Portraits la melody (ET).
4:50 Musical Interlude (ET).
5:80 Hoar ef charm.
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8:30 Barn nod Allen, comedy.
7:00 Ames 'a' Andy.
! furl F.irm.
8:00 Fibber Mcttee and Molly, comedy
SO Vol Fon.
9 :00 Hawthorne House, drams. : . -.
9:30 Monday night' apeeiaL
10:09 News.
10:15 Abe EercoTitt, violin.
10:30 Biltsere orch. .
11 :0O Ambassador orch. t
11:80 Msrtin's music.
12:00 Wcsther reports.
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8:80 Musical clock (ET).
7:30 Pair of pianos.
7:45 Hollywood Hi Hstters.
8:00 Financial. .
8:15 Grace and Scotty.
8:80 Dr. Brock, bible broadcast.'
9.00 Home institute.
9:15 Neighbor Nell, serial:
9:30 The new world.
10 :02 Crosscuts, vocsL 10:30 Kews.
10:45 Women is the headline.
11:001'. 8. navy band.
11:80 Western larm and heme.-'
12:00 Markets.
12:35 Club matinee.
1:00 Lucille and Lenny. -
1:15 Hollywood Hi Hatters. -
1:30 Hollander orch.
1:45 Middleman' a orch. -
2 :00 C. 8. army hand. -
3 :15 Financial and grata.
8:30 News. -
1:85 Clark Deanis, sing.
1:45 Reach bey.
8:15 Marshall's Mavericks.
3:30 Memory Lane.
8:45 Herriek- sad Lsasisg.
4:00 Oeod' Times society.
4:80- Oeldmsa bend, t News.
8:15 Melodic cwatrast.
8 :30 John. Barrymors, "Twelfth
KiSht.M '
8:15 Martin'a music.
S:SO Radio forum.
7:00 Fleet week flashes.
7:15 Lam end Abaer, comedy.
T:80 Beasea coacert. ,v
8:00 News.-fire and weather reports.'
8:15 Industry talks, A. B. Graham. : -
8 :20 Congress err a. ,
S:0 Staaterd university program.
8:45 Frederick orch.
9:00 Fernando errh. t:80 Wrnttlae
10:80 Varieties (ET).
10:85 Celleev Ian arch. 11 V...
11:18 Paul Carsea. J
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TALMADGE
car. Mr, Bryan said !It can run.
but it won't- At the time of
that meeting he was on a Chau
tauqua tour and had ridden all
night. .... . The mighty John L.
Sullivan doing his famous blus
ter act in the bar of a Provi
dence, R. I hoteL. This was in
89, shortly after the 75-round
fight between him and Jake Kil
rla t Ricibonrfc M1j., the last
Of the bare knuckle ring-battles
Tfce elder Rosewater of the
Omaha Bee on a Union Pacific
train. A short trip in the dy
ear. Chanced to be in the same
seat. Gave Mr. Rosewater quite
a lot of valuable pointers on
the conduct of a newspaper be
fore I learned his identity. Pretty
meek thereafter. However, it
was his own fault. He asked
questions. . . . Gosh, how time
Illes;
Street Incident of the w-ek a
man zigzagging after a paper
pag on lower state street. A
hard chase of half a block Fi
nally catches the bag, opens it
looks about him. "Squeer," he
comments. "What y' s'pose be
come o the mushmelon?"
Those John Day bank bandits
seem to have made some sort of
a record or other. It Is seldom
we hear of bandits making such
short work of being made short
work of as these bandits did.
Another question. Do whiskers
grow faster in hot weather than
In cold? Man with a worried
look and a stubble on his face
ssks to know. This is one of
the not very numerous questions
that anyone can answer for him
self and get away with It If a
beard grower wishes to think
whiskers grow faster In hot
weather than in cold it is only
necessary to assert It as a fact
He has a good case, as the law
yers say. on the other hand, if
he wishes to believe that whis
kers, prepare themselves for exe
cution as rapidly In cold weath
er as in hot he has only to say
so. The one case is quite as
good as the other.
Disturbed of mind ? Perhaps I
was.
Perhaps as well I had good
cause.
For in that, chair0 in which you
sat . -
Before you sat I'd placed my hat.
Early disappointments. My
first Indian. Thought he'd be as
red as an Iowa barn, and he
wasn't . . . The discovery that
printers' roller compos it ion
which has an anretiiine nnnnr
ance when fresh. Is not a satis
factory substitute for chewing
gum. . .... The failure of an al
luring statement in St KnnV tk.l
wild animals may be ruled by
nmuuesa. mere may be truth in
the statement, but hv th tim
you have gotten a skunk under
control oy means of kindness it
is too late. . . . The fact that
you cannot memorize th riiMinn-
ary and save yourself the trouble
oi looaing up words. The mem
ory backfires after the first few
hundred words have been loaded
in. ... The failure of a cute baby
brother to stay cute until he can
be taught enouah tries-, tn
him value as a stage attraction.
. . . a rog aoes not become
lighter than air by being blown
up like a balloon. All tha fmr
does after undergoing s a c h a
treatment is to say "dam-m-m"
and chug into the water and
blow bubbles. And von fonlri
not see hO W the friwrlm.nt
could fail to be a
And once the disillusion ments
begin to come th
They are not entirely lacking in
uiieresu anaaows nere and there
on the surface of the river of
life do not detract from its
beauty.
; The activities of the California
authorities In guarding their
borders and boarders against
diseased fruit recalls to mind
the first greography I studied, a
skinny little book that depicted
the region between the Missouri
river and the Rocky mountains
as a blank and labled the blank
"the great American desert."
Later, m a higher grade, we
studied a geography whkh as
serted that the earth is "round
like an orange." I would enjoy
seeing somebody try putting over
an orange with a skin like the
earth's on the California fruit
and vegetable patrol.
I meet up with many strang
ers in these days from the "dnst
bowl.' once a portion of "the
great American desert," ' Fine
looking folks, too, most of, them,
although stories float in from
the berry fields of Oregon and
the potato fields of California
that are not altogether pleasant
in their nature. One of these
former dustbowlians - from a
North Dakota he was said io
me one day this week, and
pinned somewhat ruefully when
he Said it -U'm m n , 1
. - - v, . jl in
cidence, with perhaps something
T97 MWAmmikM. S - Ia . A a . m.
v'vuct; iu it, mat North Da-.
kota chose for 1U sute flower
the wlld pralrte rose. Anyhow.
that S What the nnlrls t.
that part of the sUte where we
lived just rose up antl dusted.-
oHuieimng win , me that . this
man ud othtn m vi -
v U1U1, w,
whom there are many in North
Dakota, will get along If giten
a fair chance.
Th dMiii r tvt...
. - ... V vrwvernoi
Julius Velsr A n s I . v. .
. . . me wrei
5!,.LT.e,rIe t0 mnch talk, most
pf It kindly, some of 1t deserved
ly laudatory, m its nature. There
were times during the early days
of the Meier administration
wne-.n r In C.I , - . .
------- ucBtectea our
neighborhood gossip ' almost en-
t(relw hsu m. ,v. .
7. 72 k t" - nectjc sit
uation tiu t.t-A - J. :
u me state's
council chamber. Those were
trying aays for Governor Meier,
secretary of SUte Hoss , and
State Treasnrer Kay. how trying;
t!!t.W ,on Jlhe oaUW sensed
keenly i Mr. Kay died tinder tti
strain, Mr. Host's death followed
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